Only households with income under the resident tax threshold are likely to qualify for free higher education and day care services for 0- to 2-year-olds, under a broad distribution outline for 2 trillion yen in funding for the government's free education...

To encourage children from families receiving welfare assistance to go to university, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is eliminating a reduction of housing subsidies for their families and pondering a cash stipend system for new students. The...

The Japanese government will work with major private insurers to create unemployment insurance for freelance workers, aiming to support the growing number of people in unconventional work arrangements. Advances in information technology have swelled the...